NORMA L. HERRINGABBOT- Norma L. Herring, 98, passed away July 16, 2011 at Mayo Regional Hospital in Dover-Foxcroft. Norma was born in Parkman, February 27, 1913 the first child of Roy G. and Evelyn (Morgridge) Brown.

She attended schools in Abbot, graduating from Abbot High School and from Golden School of Beauty Culture in Portland. Norma loved music from an early age and was a pianist for "Tony's Orchestra" with her brothers while in high school. In the early 40's she moved to Connecticut and worked at Colt's Patent Fire Arms in Hartford. After the war's end she worked at G. Fox & Company in Hartford for twelve years and later for the Aetna Life and Casualty Insurance Company for twenty years, retiring in 1977. While living in Connecticut, she became a member and was Past Matron of Storer Chapter No. 73 O.E.S. in West Hartford and also Royal Matron of the Order of the Amaranth. After returning to Maine in 1980, she became a member of Susie Carr
Chapter No. 56 O.E.S. in Sangerville. She was a charter member in 1982 of the Monson Church of Christ, providing music for almost ten years, and was an active member of the Abbot Historical Society.